Nihon Kohden Central Monitor CNS-6201 up to 02-40 UDP Packet null pointer dereference
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Nihon Kohden Central Monitor CNS-6201 up to 02-40. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component UDP Packet Handler. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-59668. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Nihon Kohden Central Monitor CNS-6201 up to 02-40. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component UDP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
Multiple versions of Central Monitor CNS-6201 contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. When processing a crafted certain UDP packet, the affected device may abnormally terminate.
The advisory is available at nihonkohden.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-59668 since 09/18/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-31674). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes
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Timeline
09/18/2025 CVE reserved09/30/2025 Advisory disclosed
09/30/2025 VulDB entry created
09/30/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: nihonkohden.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2025-59668 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-59668
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-326346
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Entry
Created: 09/30/2025 08:30Updated: 09/30/2025 09:10
Changes: 09/30/2025 08:30 (75), 09/30/2025 09:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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